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Grapevine Responses to Environmental Challenges, Volume II
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Grapevine Responses to Environmental Challenges, Volume II

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 4209

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Dr. Georgios Banilas

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Department of Wine, Vine and Beverage Sciences, University of West Attica, Ag. Spyridona Str., 12243 Athens, Greece
Interests: plant molecular biology; biotechnology of the grape-wine system
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Dear Colleagues,

Grapevine (Vitis spp.) is one of the most important fruit crops, predominantly for wine, table grapes or raisin production. Similar to other plants, vines are subjected to a wide range of environmental stresses such as soil factors, droughts, and extreme temperatures, as well as biotic stresses that may exert severe constraints on plant development, grape yield and quality. Significant efforts have been contributed towards understanding the physiological/molecular responses and regulatory constituents controlling grapevine acclimation and adaptation to unfavorable conditions. In light of climate change, including global warming, a deeper knowledge of grapevine strategies to cope with adverse environmental conditions is of high importance for the sustainability of viticulture. This Special Issue of Plants focuses on recent advances in the physiology, molecular biology and ‘omics’ research to elucidate responses and mechanisms critical for vine tolerance, acclimatization and adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses.

Dr. Georgios Banilas
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Early Canopy Management Practices Differentially Modulate Fruit Set, Fruit Yield, and Berry Composition at Harvest Depending on the Grapevine Cultivar
by Alessandro Mataffo, Pasquale Scognamiglio, Carlo Molinaro, Giandomenico Corrado and Boris Basile
Plants 2023, 12(4), 733; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12040733 - 07 Feb 2023
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The size and number of the berries and the rachis length are the main elements that define bunch compactness in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). This trait is of scientific and commercial interest because it strongly influences phytosanitary status and quality of the [...] Read more.
The size and number of the berries and the rachis length are the main elements that define bunch compactness in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). This trait is of scientific and commercial interest because it strongly influences phytosanitary status and quality of the fruits. In this work, we investigated the effect of different canopy management strategies based on apical shoot and/or leaf removal applied at the early stage (pre-bloom) in altering the key determinants of bunch compactness. Specifically, we compared apical defoliation (removal of the first half of the shoot leaves from the top), basal defoliation (removal of the second half), and shoot trimming (removal of the apical half of the shoot) to untreated controls. The work was carried out in two red varieties (‘Aglianico’ and ‘Casavecchia’) that have contrasting bunch compactness (compact and loose, respectively). We measured relevant morphological traits, photosynthetic rates, fertility, fruit set, bunch architecture, and fruit main compositional parameters. This study demonstrates that the position of the removed shoot leaves along with the shoot trimming differentially modified fruit set, the number of berries per bunch, and berry fresh weight and composition at harvest. Nonetheless, the influence on bunch compactness was limited mainly because of photosynthetic and morphological factors strongly associated with the cultivar. Full article
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Developmental Regulation of Transcription in Touriga Nacional Berries under Deficit Irrigation
by Luísa C. Carvalho, Miguel J. N. Ramos, David Faísca-Silva, David van der Kellen, João C. Fernandes, Ricardo Egipto, Carlos M. Lopes and Sara Amâncio
Plants 2022, 11(6), 827; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11060827 - 21 Mar 2022
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Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is one of the most economically important crops worldwide, especially due to the economic relevance of wine production. Abiotic stress, such as drought, may contribute to low yield, shifts in quality, and important economic loss. The predicted climate [...] Read more.
Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is one of the most economically important crops worldwide, especially due to the economic relevance of wine production. Abiotic stress, such as drought, may contribute to low yield, shifts in quality, and important economic loss. The predicted climate change phenomena point to warmer and dryer Mediterranean environmental conditions; as such, it is paramount to study the effects of abiotic stress on grapevine performance. Deficit irrigation systems are applied to optimize water use efficiency without compromising berry quality. In this research, the effect of two deficit irrigation strategies, sustained deficit irrigation (SDI) and regulated deficit irrigation (RDI), in the grape berry were assessed. The effects of different levels of drought were monitored in Touriga Nacional at key stages of berry development (pea size, véraison, and full maturation) through RNA-Seq transcriptome analysis and by specific differentially expressed genes (DEGs) monitoring through RT-qPCR. Handy datasets were obtained by bioinformatics analysis of raw RNA-Seq results. The dominant proportion of transcripts was mostly regulated by development, with véraison showing more upregulated transcripts. Results showed that primary metabolism is the functional category more severely affected under water stress. Almost all DEGs selected for RT-qPCR were significantly upregulated in full maturation and showed the highest variability at véraison and the lowest gene expression values in the pea size stage. Full article
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